International Observe the Moon Night September 22 Field Trip report

What does Robotics have to do with the Moon? Glad you asked. Google Lunar X Prize is offering $30 million USD in prizes for the first privately funded team to send a robot to the Moon that can complete tasks as stated in the prize documents. Google and several other companies also sponsor a competition for kids called MoonBots. Model Scout Robotics has a team entered in this competition. We are learning some astronomy as part of our work in this competition.

Model Scout Katie and her coach went on an astronomy field trip Saturday night September 22nd 2012 to participate in International Observe the Moon Night 2012. The moon gazing party at the Rockwall Texas public library was led by Max Corneau, a local NASA JPL Space Ambassador. Mr. Corneau had four telescopes set up to observe the moon. The telescope provided a brighter and a more 3D effect than looking at pictures of the moon surface online.